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Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

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Poetry Please: Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Owen Sheers

Roger McGough invites Welsh poet Owen Sheers to select favourite poetry.

Roger McGough invites Welsh poet Owen Sheers to select some of his favourite poems.

The Welsh poet Owen Sheers is Roger McGough's guest choosing some of his favourite poems.  He has chosen work with an ecological theme, pieces which reflect his concern for the environment.  Poems include The Horses by Edwin Muir, The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry and a new poem by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage.


Producer:  Maggie Ayre

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